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Topic Review (Newest First)

12-22-2012 01:06 PM

57Corvette

Very cool work Matt ....love the candy cane rod. Had time to complete one more.

Bob, Matt, nice work again this month! Job Rated, good job on that hot rod mural! That had to take some time and patience to do! We'll have to nickname you MichaelAngelo! LOL Regretfully, I won't have anything new to post this month, but I'm sure you guys can carry on, and good luck to all of you!
Bill

12-19-2012 11:12 AM

Job~Rated

Thanks for the kind words.

Quote:

Originally Posted by StudebakerMatt

working big like that must be tricky.

You're right there. I had to keep stepping back to check - the whole thing was drawn from memory & imagination, I used nothing for reference & it's given the whole thing a charm of its own.

12-19-2012 09:49 AM

57Corvette

Nice work guys .........

12-19-2012 06:30 AM

StudebakerMatt

Job Rated, nice work! working big like that must be tricky.

12-19-2012 06:26 AM

StudebakerMatt

Santa's Truck

Here is another one...

12-17-2012 11:24 AM

Job~Rated

I've got something a bit different to offer for this Christmas comp. It's something I've been working on the last few weeks.

My friend Jon asked me to paint a hot rod mural on his 13 yr old son DJs bedroom wall.

To begin with, Jon couldn't decide what to have, so I showed him some of my artwork & Jon chose a '32 HiBoy Roadster with a traditional Hot Rod paint job of black with flames & an exposed, fully-chromed & supercharged engine, parked in front of another iconic symbol of the American car culture, a drive in diner, complete with neon signs incorporating the picture rail.

Reaching a decision wasn't easy, bearing in mind that whatever I put on that wall was there to stay & stand the test of human nature as far as personal taste was concerned. Jon then decided against the diner idea & opted for a workshop/garage setting.

Working on something this big is a totally different ball game to desktop stuff. I discussed adding detail to Jon & had to explain that being this big, it would be lost since in order to get the full effect, it had to be viewed from atleast 10 feet away.

Here is a pictorial history of the work from beginning to end. The car itself is about 8 feet across.

In order to give you some idea of size, I stood a bottle of poster paint on top of my 3-step aluminium ladder, which I'd leaned against the wall.

After adding in some final corrections & detail....

And the finished article...

I have to say it's been a real blast & I'm over the moon with the result. Hope you like it as much as I do.

12-10-2012 07:07 PM

incredible

Awesome!! Great job!!

12-10-2012 07:04 PM

incredible

Merry Christmas! Love your drawing!!

12-10-2012 06:34 PM

57Corvette

Thanks Matt ......Halloween and Christmas have always been my favorites to do.

Great work by all again this month .........

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